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School is not all that important. At least not so important that missing a few extra days will make an appreciable difference. What’s important is love and a good relationship with your loved ones. Looking back at my childhood spending quality time together would have done way more good for my development than sitting in class learning I don’t even remember what.
They're not talking about a few days; they're talking about missing 18 or more school days per year. That's almost a month worth of class.
Yes, I read the article. I stand by my point.
School as it is right now is a remnant of the effort to educate children into competent factory workers or management. We've grown to accept that the 40 hour week starting when you're 4 or 5 years old is a prerequisite to a successful career (and by extension, life) and that the point of the whole system is to give kids a fighting chance in the economy as it will exist 20 years after they start that journey. We implicitly assume that is the best way to go about life and we've structured society around it.
I question whether it's still worth it for today's kids. Kids who are destined to excel academically probably will. Forcing the rest to go through the motions at the cost of their childhood is not the best way to treat humans in my opinion.
Personal opinion is that some level of education is required to fully function in modern society. The basics like math, language, history, etc. Plus school offers a good way for kids to socialize with others their age which is important.
Now on the other hand, the current format of waking kids up at 8AM, loading them with homework, forcing them to take standardized tests… that all is a bit much.